Steamin out the Street, Thurs Nov 18th 1982
By late 82 the Cambridge lines out of Liverpool St were perhaps unique to London in that
all trains were still solid steam heat, with a mix of power too. The booked move was “stage bashing”
on a Liv St-Ely day return, effectively leaping on winning power where possible
47116 0835 Liverpool St-Kings Lynn
31202 0700 Cambridge-Liverpool St
37052 0719 Cambridge-Liverpool St
37049 0853 Liverpool St-Cambridge
Liv St-Bishops Stortford
47572 0625 Norwich-Liverpool St
47085 0731 Ely-Liverpool St
37115 0708 Ipswich-Liverpool St (via Cam)
37052 0935 Liverpool St-Cambridge
31268 0944 Cambridge-Liverpool St
31202 1005 Liverpool St-Cambridge
Bishops Stortford-Cambridge
47085 1035 Liverpool St-Kings Lynn
Stratford’s
popular “namer”, 47085 Mammoth with the 1035 Liv St-Kings Lynn
A
very smart Cambridge station pilot in 08889
37115 1105 Ipswich-Cambridge
37036 1205 Liverpool St-Cambridge
31413 1235 Liverpool St-King’s Lynn (steaming, still
dual heat in 82) Cambridge - Ely
31185 1000 Ipswich-Peterboro
31312 1217 Harwich-Peterboro
47085 1335 Kings Lynn-Liverpool St
Ely - Cambridge
37092 1305 Liverpool St-Cambridge
31243
worked an engineers service into Cambridge before being used on a Liverpool St
turn, note the cab token recess on the ped
31243 1444 Cambridge-Liverpool
St
Cambridge - Liverpool St
47580 1630 Liverpool St-Yarmouth
37115 1635 Liverpool St-King’s Lynn
Crompton thrash out of London Bridge provided the evening action
33064 1720 London
Bridge-Uckfield
London Bridge - East Croydon
33032 1734 London Bridge-East Grinstead
East
Croydon - Oxted
33061 1750 London Bridge-East Grinstead
Oxted -
Hurst Green, thumper back
Rather classic display of power at Euston too!
81005 2100 Euston-Stranraer
85031 2105 Euston-Inverness
85036 2030 Euston-Wolverhampton